Speyside, arguably the greatest of the whisky making regions, takes its name from the beautiful River Spey which flows through it and provides many of the distilleries with the water they need in the whisky making process. Only two working distilleries remain in this remote Livet Valley where George Smith began his craft nearly 200 years ago at the Glenlivet distillery. At Glenlivet, there has been a tradition of each distillery manager reserving their best casks for later bottling. The present manager, Bill Lamb has now made this a reality with the release of the ‘Archive’ 21 Year Old.